OS X Server 10.6, Netboot, Netrestore – how to make it work?

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I’m very new to server management (took classes a few years ago, but never had the chance to work with a server on a regular basis).

The time has come to implement an OS X 10.6 server and one of the tasks I want to accomplish is to host the “golden image” of my macs on the server, allow my client macs to netboot to the server and erase the local hd and then that image to the client mac.

I’m missing something in the instructions and didn’t get much help from Apple.

I’ve created an image as Netrestore using the 10.6 System image utility, using the Enable Automated installation task as part of the workflow. However, this only creates a dmg file. On the server, how is the image place/applied so that it works with netboot?

I understand the concept of netboot and I was successful in using System Image Utility to create a basic netboot image, putting it on the OS X Server and howting it out for a client on the the network to successfully boot from it. I just need to know the step-by-step process of how to get this golden image of my configuration to work to image my client macs on the network.

Thanks!

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